Corset



A. ZWIEBELSON.

CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED ocI. 25, w20A Patented Apr. 25, i922 Ano/mers o allcv/10m, z't iiiaylconceia'g 'UNITED' 'STATE-s2 PATENT oFrica i ABRAHAMzwIEBELsoiL or NEW Yoan; N. Y.

Be it known that I', :ABRAHAM ZivinELsoN, a citizen of the-UnitedStates,and a resident ofthe cityjof vNei#7` 'YQrk, borough of Manhattan, in the4countyand State of New York, have invented "afnew, Iand` ImprovedCorset, of whicht'he'. followingris .a.full,

. clear, and exactdescription." l

The invention relates towoiiiens wearing apparel and its object is 'toprovide ,a new and improved corset arranged to fitsnug'ly around thewearers vbody1particularly atthe diaphra m and under-'the ,bust tohold'tlie flesh an ligamentsin positionwithout forc'-,

ing the same oiitgofvplace.tofthedsoinfort .Another Objectis tothe'iweai-'er to Amove the body 'with the:dsiredl'freedomandlwithout-unduly straining the same. i 'j With these an'd'other objects inview, the invention consists of 'certain novel features of constructionasxl'iereinafter shown an'dl described and then specifically'pointed-out in the claims. A

A practical embodiment of the 'invention-4 is represented intheaccompanying drawings forminga` art ofthis specification, in whichvsimilar c aracters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all'thefviewd Figure 1 is-a perspective view of the improved corset asapplied;

enlarged perspective view the upper vf ront portion of thecorset; and

Figure 4 is a similar view ofv al modified form of the same.; A The body10 of the corset is practically of unbroken continuity and having afront 11 merging 'with the sides 12 and 13 connected with the back madein two parts 14 and 15 adapted'to b e fastened together by a suitablelacing 16 to Vclose the corset at the back. The front 11 is provided atthe upper lportion with a suitable stay 20 and the lower Aportionthereof is provided with a slit 21 adapted to be close'd by a lacing 22engaging eyelets 23 iii the side walls of the slit, as plainly shown inFigures=1 and 2. Stays 25 and 26 are arranged at the junctions of thesides 12 and 13 -with the corresponding back parts 14 and 15.

The upper edge of the front 11 and sides 12 and 13 is of approximatelyconcave shape by correspondingly cutting out 'portions of the materialforming they front 11 and, the

, Speci'cation'of Letters Patent. Patefed Apr. 25s appiicatignaiedoiobereaino. seriai'm.` 419,310. i

sides 12 and 13. An elastic member 30 ex- 31 and 32, as shown in Figures1, 2and 3,

ora singlepiece of elastic webbing 33, as shown 1 n Figure 4. If formedof two pieces of elastic webbing 31, 32 the two pieces ,are

fastened together by ya row of stitches 34' to` provide the'desired'widtln The upper edge portion 40 of the front 11 and the sidesv`12 and 13 Vis formed `by doubling up-the Abody Vmaterial as plainlyshown in Figures 3andy 4, and to this portion 4G-is fastened bytwoparallel .rows of stitches 41, 42 the elastic member'30. The upper edgeof the elastic and the lwebbing 30 is held in-s'tretchedposition duringthetime it is sewed tor the upper Vedge portion 40, and the bindin 45 issewed on so that (in-relieving the web ing of t-he tension the-upperportion of the front `same out of place to the discomfort of the wearer.It .will further be noticed that placing the elastic member 30 undertension the corset is fitted snugly around tbebody without displacingportions thereof, at the same time allow-ing the desired freedom orbodily movement ofthe wearer.

. It is expressly unde'rstood that the stays arelocated only at thefront and at the 'member 30l-is`provided with a binding 45,l

sides, and the elastic member 30 extends from one side stay to the otherwith the top edge of the elastic member in alinement with the upperedges of the back parts 14 and 15. It

Ais also understood that the ends of the elastic 'member 3() are securedin place at the juncy tion of the sides 12 and 13 with the back middleto the ends of the. said upper edge] Portion i0 it tends to hold thecorrespon l ing portions of the wearers body' in proper -front and sidesand having a back made in parts extending from the sides and providedwith a lacing to fasten the back parts to gether, stays at the junctionof the sides and back part, a stay at the front median line of the body,the upper edge of the bod-y being a proximately concave from side toside, an

e astio band member andv stitches fastening.

the lower edge of the band member to the said upper concave edge of thebody, the

band member being in stretched positionv While being sewed to theconcave edge to gather the latter on relieving tlieband member of thetension, A`the upper edge of the bandmember being approximately inalinement with the upper edge of the said fback.

n. A corset -comprising a body provided.

'with a lacing at the back and having a front and sides, the upper edgeof the body being concave from the median front line to the sides, andan elastic band attached at its lower edge to the body at the saidconcave edge, the top of the band being approximately horizontal and inalinement with'theupper edge of the back of the corset.

4. A corset comprising a body having a front, sides and back, the latterbeing made in two parts, a` lacing yconnecting the back parts with eachother, the front having a laced slit at the lower portionv and having astA at the upper-portion in `alignment with the slit, stays at thejunctions of the sides `with the back parts, the upper edge -ot' therbody being provided with a cut-out portionv f extending from the frontto the sides, an elastic member extending across the cut-out portion',and stitches fastening the elastic member to the edge of tl1e-cut-outportion at the time the elastic member is under ten-v sion to gather`the body portion at said 4.

'stitches on relieving the elastic member of the said tension, the topmcthe elastic member being approximately in alinement with the top of theback. Y

ABRAHAM zwiIfzlzicnsoiv.l

